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Not a huge deal for direct emissions, but if they cut costs even more, that's pretty great. As I understand it, as a no expert, the US is way behind when it co
by epistasis 4y ago
Not a huge deal for direct emissions, but if they cut costs even more, that's pretty great.
As I understand it, as a no expert, the US is way behind when it comes to laminated timber. We need to update our building codes before it can be a major building material, and the regulatory bodies and the builders are all super slow to adopt new tech.
- WalterBright 4y agoI've talked to builders. They don't want to try anything new that: 1. they have to mount a major campaign to get a permit for from the building code people 2. would result in them getting sued because they did something different
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- Gravityloss 4y agoThat's why thorough testing needs to be done once and the results shared. Research and testing doesn't fit the startup model. It's instead close to open source or academic research. And that involves then institutions and cooperation...